aspersus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of aspergō.

Participle

aspersus (feminine aspersa, neuter aspersum); first/second-declension participle

  1. strewn, scattered
  2. splashed over
  3. sprinkled, splattered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • aspersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aspersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aspersus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • aspersus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.